課本中不會(huì)教你的[N]498　now that

498　now that

◎ now that意為“既然”，較為正式，引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句，表示說(shuō)話人及聽(tīng)者都知道的客觀事實(shí)，that 有時(shí)可省。

Now that you have taken up the job，you should do it well. 你既然承擔(dān)了這項(xiàng)工作，就應(yīng)該做好它。

Now（that） we have gone so far，we might go a little further. 既然我們已經(jīng)走這么遠(yuǎn)了，那就再多走段路吧。